Complimentary for Exponent Philanthropy members | $75 non-members
Join us for a conversation on the latest insights from the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s July 2025 report, Voices That Matter: How Nonprofits and Foundations Engage With the Communities They Support. The report explores how foundations and nonprofits collect and use community feedback, where gaps remain, and what funders can do differently. You’ll also hear from the Exponent Philanthropy community about how lean funders build trust and deepen impact through close, direct engagement with the communities they serve.
A recording of this program will be available to those who register.
Speaker
Seara Grundhoefer
Senior Analyst, Research, Center for Effective Philanthropy
Seara supports the research team at CEP in designing studies, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and writing reports. Before joining CEP in October 2023, Seara worked in international development, contributing to program and impact evaluations of US-government-funded projects across a range of subject areas, including health, infrastructure, and migration.
Brendan McCormick
Director, Research, Exponent Philanthropy
Brendan McCormick works with staff, members, and partners to develop resources grounded in research. He leads our efforts to learn more about our community of lean funders. Brendan focuses on how foundations approach impact and evaluation, investments, operations, demographics, and equity practices.
Jennifer Manise
Executive Director, Longview Foundation for Education in World Affairs & International Understanding
Jennifer Manise leads Longview in the pursuit to enable all students to graduate high school prepared for work in the global economy and active civic life. Trained in organizational development and knowledge management, Jennifer seeks to create connections and build strong systems of education that ensure a promising global future for all children.
Who Should Attend
This program is open to foundation donors, trustees, and staff, individual donors, donor-advised fund holders, and members of giving circles.
Registration and Other Policies
Please register by clicking this link, even for complimentary programs. Before the webinar, you will receive your unique webinar access information. By registering for this program, participants agree to Exponent Philanthropy’s Participant Guidelines. Please contact us by email or at 202-580-6560 if you have any questions.
Members can access past webinars in our webinar archive.
Platform and Accessibility
This program uses Zoom; automated closed captioning is available. We can provide additional accommodations upon request (e.g., live captioner, ASL interpreter). Please contact info@exponentphilanthropy.org or call 202-580-6560 by August 26 if you need any accommodations.